E3 2001: Screens & Movie of Darkened Skye

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Skittles and bits, Skittles and bits, I gotta have my Skittles and bits. New screens and a movie.

By IGN Staff

Here's the back story: Darkness has fallen over the land, some evil dude called the Dread Usurper Lord Necroth is ruling the world with powerful magic that he has stolen and all who opposed him is crushed. Sound pretty normal so far? Well, lets throw in some more. You play the role of Skye of Lynlora and your job is to defeat this evil thing by making your way through five lands to find the four prisms. Still sound normal? Well, how about this -- your mission is to harness the power of Skittles. Yes, you read that right -- Skittles. You must save the world by using the magical powers candy.

Outside of the Skittles thing, Darkened Skye seems like it might be worth taking a look at. It has a nice mix of melee and spell based combat through its five worlds and 30 missions. Plus, top voice talent is used in the game to give it some extra personality -- Linda Larkin (Princess Jasmine in Aladdin) and Rob Pruitt (Blue M&M) are just two of the actors.

So, go buy yourself a few bags of Skittles, harness the magical powers, and then check out these screenshots of Darkened Skye from the PC version of the game (the PS2 version will look similar if the developers manage to harness the powers of the Skittles that they have).